An Exit Screen With No Pause In Horror Games

[Prelauncher]

As FlawlessHappiness said, there's a reason for the pause menue pausing the game. I don't think a player should be punished for having to eat dinner or answer the phone. And although the ability to choose whether or not you can pause the game sounds interesting I don't think it's something that would improve the experience when playing the game. If you are one of those who pause the game when you get too scared then you wouldn't select the "hard mode" and if you're a player who doesn't pause the game when shit hits the fan you wouldn't use the pause menue as an escape in the first place thus making "hard mode" redundant.